Endowment for publication subventions and an award program in musicology as well as fund-raising costs.

The American Musicological Society seeks an NEH challenge grant of $240,000, which with a 4:1 match will yield $1,200,000. These funds will endow four publication-related initiatives of the Society. The bulk of the funds ($900,000) will create a new subvention supporting the publication of first books by young scholars, whose work often represents the cutting edge of scholarly research, but whose careers are often at their most fragile or challenging point. The remainder will go primarily to existing publication subvention programs, supporting musicological books more generally ($125,000) as well as a monograph series sponsored by the Society ($100,000). These subventions aim to optimize the quality of the best scholarly books on music while keeping their prices affordable. Finally, we propose a new award for books on music in American culture ($50,000), a vital area of musical research that appeals to the broadest literary and musical public.

To support the preparation of a series of scholarly editions of the music of the United States.

Editorial work on four volumes in the series Music of the United States of America. (12 months)

Applying the principles of critical editing to a variety of American idioms, including jazz, psalmody, popular song, nineteenth- and twentieth-century symphonic and chamber music, art song, Native American ceremony, and the Broadway show, MUSA (Music of the United States of America) is devoted to expanding the legacy of American music available for study and performance. MUSA is publishing a 40-volume series of scholarly editions of American music. In addition to musical notation, each volume includes a substantial essay and a critical editorial apparatus. By bringing notated music and scholarly interpretation together in the same volume, each MUSA volume seeks to place the sounds of music making in the United States within the context of the nation's cultural life. Founded in 1988, MUSA is a collaborative venture administered by the American Musicological Society through its Committee on the Publication of American Music (COPAM) and is published by A-R, Editions.

Preparation for publication of five volumes in the series Music of the United States of America. (36 months)

Music of the United States of America (MUSA) is a series of scholarly editions of music that aims to represent the depth and diversity of our nation's heritage by publishing musical works of exemplary artistic quality and historical significance, for the benefit of scholars, performers, students, and the general public. Since 1993, MUSA has published 31 editions (5 are multi-volume sets) and 21 sets of associated performance parts, making its editions available world-wide for study and performance. MUSA intends to reach its goal of 40 editions in print by 2026. The AMS requests funding from the NEH for MUSA to move forward the publication of 5 new critical editions of music over 3 years. NEH funds will help pay the salary and benefits of the Executive Editor (who is responsible for executing the MUSA project) and wages for Editorial Assistant student workers at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.

Publication of volumes 16-20, and continued editorial work on volumes 21-29. (36 months)

The American Musicological Society, through its Committee on the Publication of American Music (COPAM), has planned, organized, and is now publishing a national series of scholarly editions of American music. Funds are sought to continue the salary of the executive editor, who maintains the project's headquarters, assists the volume editors in their work, and acts as principal developmental editor and copy editor for the MUSA series.

Preparation for publication of volumes 24-28 in the Music of the United States of America series, and editorial work on one additional volume. (36 months)

Applying the principles of critical editing to a variety of American idioms, including jazz, psalmody, popular song, nineteenth and twentieth-century symphonic and chamber music, art song, Native American ceremony, and the Broadway show, MUSA (Music of the United States of America) is devoted to expanding the legacy of American music available for study and performance. MUSA is publishing a 40-volume series of scholarly editions of American music. In addition to musical notation, each volume includes a substantial essay and a critical editorial apparatus. By bringing notated music and scholarly interpretation together in the same volume, each MUSA volume seeks to place the sounds of music making in the United States within the context of the nation's cultural life. Founded in 1988, MUSA is a collaborative venture administered by the American Musicological Society through its Committee on the Publication of American Music (COPAM) and is published by A-R Editions.

To support the continuing preparation of a series of scholarly editions of American music from the early years of the republic to the present.

To support seven volumes of a scholarly edition of American music from the early years of of the republic to the present.